the Maratha Colony and still marvel at the fact that this is the posh area of Golibar. If I had not witnessed the total poverty of people litterally trying to make a home on the streets or places you don't even want to know about, it would be impossible for me to understand. But (un)fortunately, I now do.Life in India is so different. I have already mentioned in earlier entries how values and life styles are so different, but even expectations and the long term outlook on things. There is a sense of accepting the status quo as they way it is. Is this a good or a bad thing? On one hand it might make it easier to live under the circumstances I stand here and look at, but does it maybe on the other hand hurt the possibility of future progress? It would explain why so many people are living like this and others are getting "filthy 
rich" (as Hetal put it) of the rent these people have to pay each month. Would you pay $175 (not even adjusting for cost-of-living index!!) each month to share an 8x8 room with your entire family? Here, with the only running water being the rain I am watching pouring down on the the make-shift roof tops of tarps and other garbage.
rich" (as Hetal put it) of the rent these people have to pay each month. Would you pay $175 (not even adjusting for cost-of-living index!!) each month to share an 8x8 room with your entire family? Here, with the only running water being the rain I am watching pouring down on the the make-shift roof tops of tarps and other garbage. 
And yet, life goes on. I witness a busy market on the edge of Maratha with live chickens, goat, fruits, and a bakery. This is indeed the posh area, life of extremes, slum and posh.
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